Table of ContentsTable of ContentsHow are the results?What is the policy?A bit of interesting historyThe road aheadThe rise of generative AI has been a fairly messy process, especially from fair usage ethics and copyright perspective. AI giants are inking deals with publishers to avoid legal hassles, while at the same time, they are embroiled in copyright tussles in courts in multiple countries. As the ravenous appetite for training AI on user data grows, we might be in for another ethical conundrum. Multiple users on X and Reddit have shared demonstrations of how Googles latest Gemini 2.0 series AI model can remove watermarks from copyright-protected images. Recommended VideosGoing by the before/after samples of images, it seems Gemini is doing a fairly good job of removing the watermarks. Notably, its not only erasing those banner-style watermarks, but also fairly complex overlays with design and stylized text elements. Gemini flash does remove watermark nicely :) pic.twitter.com/1Dz9Nlw1iU Ajitesh (@ajiteshleo) March 17, 2025The model in question is the Gemini 2.0 Flash, which was released earlier this year and got a reasoning upgrade, as well. It is worth noting here that you can not remove the watermark if you are using the mobile or desktop version of the Gemini 2.0 Flash model. Trying to do so returns a message like this: Removing watermarks from images without the explicit permission of the copyright holder is illegal in most countries. It is important to respect the copyright laws and intellectual property rights. If you want to use an image with a watermark, you should contact the copyright holder and ask for permission.You can, however, try and remove the watermark from images in the Google AI Studio. Digital Trends successfully removed watermarks from a variety of images using the Gemini 2.0 Flash (Image Generation) Experimental model. We strongly recommend that you dont replicate these steps.Nadeem Sarwar / Digital TrendsIt is a violation of local copyright laws and any usage of AI-modified material without due consent could land you in legal trouble. Moreover, it is a deeply unethical act, which is also why artists and authors are fighting in court over companies using their work to train AI models without duly compensating them or seeking their explicit nod.How are the results?A notable aspect is that the images produced by the AI are fairly high quality. Not only is it removing the watermark artifacts, but also fills the gap with intelligent pixel-level reconstruction. In its current iteration, it works somewhat like the Magic Eraser feature available in the Google Photos app for smartphones. Furthermore, if the input image is low quality, Gemini is not only wiping off the watermark details but also upscaling the overall picture. In my first attempt, the input image was 485 x 632 pixels, while the output picture was 783 x 1024 pixels.Google!Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental"Watermark"@GoogleDeepMind pic.twitter.com/Ij9tDvUvPq KAIJUYAAI (@kaiju_ya) March 16, 2025The output image, however, has its own Gemini watermark, which itself can be removed with a simple crop. There are a few minor differences in the final image produced by Gemini after its watermark removal process, such as slightly different color temperatures and fuzzy surface details in photorealistic shots.The degree of variation is not too deep, and any person with even basic skills in image editing can fix it and achieve results similar to the original copyright-protected image. Moreover, there are multiple third-party tools out there that can remove watermarks from AI-generated images, as well. What is the policy? In 2023, Google signed a pledge alongside fellow AI companies including Meta, Anthropic, Amazon, and OpenAI to implement a watermarking system in AI-generated material. The company made that commitment to the White House, as former President Joe Biden flagged risks such as deepfaked material.RedditEarlier this year, Google added a system called SynthID digital watermarking for all photos that have been touched up using the AI Reimagine tool in the Photos app. The watermark is not visible and cant be seen by human eyes, but machines can detect and verify their AI origins. The tech was created by Google DeepMind. Other AI companies have also taken an approach where they add AI disclosure to the metadata of images. Google will even show those details in Search. All that sounds like a fair disclosure move, but the implementation should be a two-way track.Anthropics Claude and OpenAIs ChatGPT refused to remove watermark from images. Nadeem Sarwar / Digital TrendsI tried removing the watermark from the set of images with other AI models, but Anthropics Claude and OpenAIs ChatGPT explicitly rejected the request, citing copyright laws and fair usage policies. Gemini, on the other hand, removed the watermarks and didnt even provide a disclaimer or warning. A bit of interesting historyBack in 2017, a team of Google researchers created an algorithm capable of removing stock and institutional watermarks from images. Their work, which essentially saw a pattern in watermarking habits, was detailed at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference.We revealed a loophole in the way visible watermarks are used, which allows to automatically remove them and recover the original images with high accuracy, says the research paper. The attack exploits the coherency of the watermark across many images, and is not limited by the watermarks complexity or its position in the images.RedditThe tool was tested on images belonging to well-known stock photography databases across a wide range of categories such as food, nature, and fashion. The whole multi-stage system relied on detection, matting, reconstruction, decomposition, and blend factoring techniques. It is, however, worth noting that the algorithm was tested to highlight the flaws in existing watermarking practices prevalent in the industry. The idea was to stir a debate and improve watermark security. With Gemini, we are looking at a tool accessible to everyone without any coding or technical know-how required. The road aheadRedditIt goes without saying that removing watermarks from an image is a big no-no for a variety of reasons. Aside from violating local laws, it takes away from the hard work of artists and photographers, who are already facing an uphill battle because their material was used to train AI without their knowledge or paying them for it.But its not just the court battles that are of concern. Generative AI tools are being adopted widely, at the cost of human workers losing their livelihoods. For example, Marvel used AI imagery to create the opening credits sequence for the Secret Invasion TV show.RedditJust over a month ago, Microsoft launched a tool called Muse AI that can generate gameplay clips. The company says Muse has been developed to effectively support human creatives, but we cant quite see the human appeal in the whole pitch. We are not entirely sure whether Gemini removing watermarks from copyright-protected images is a bug. However, we do hope its a misstep and that the underlying image editing framework is fixed to ensure that it can even block workarounds. Digital Trends has reached out to Google for comments and will update this story when we hear back.Editors Recommendations

Intels next-generation Panther Lake laptop processors, originally expected to launch in late 2025, may now be delayed until the first quarter of 2026. The delay appears to be linked to challenges with Intels 18A process node, which plays a critical role in the Panther Lake architecture. This shift could affect Intels competitive timeline as rival chipmakers continue advancing their own next-gen processors.According to slides obtained by VideoCardz, Intel has listed Panther Lake for a Q1 2026 release, suggesting a delay from previous expectations. These internal documents also hint that Panther Lake could be branded under the Core Ultra 300 series when it finally launches, following Intels recent shift in naming conventions.Recommended VideosAccording to news estimate intel 18A Panther Lake will HVM in September and will launch in October , start EEP (Early Enablement Program) limit supply to OEM , will be available on the market Q1 2026 (actually Jan) . pic.twitter.com/9rbV9cdgjO meng (@meng59739449) March 14, 2025 Panther Lake is designed to be a major step forward in Intels mobile CPU lineup, likely bringing improvements in performance and power efficiency. However, sources indicate that Intel is facing manufacturing hurdles with its 18A process, which may have caused the company to push back the chips mass production schedule. If the delay holds, laptops powered by Panther Lake CPUs may not arrive until early 2026months later than originally anticipated.Despite the potential setback, Intel is preparing to launch an Early Enablement Program (EEP) this year. This initiative is expected to provide select partners and developers with early access to Panther Lakes architecture, allowing them to optimize software and hardware well in advance of the official launch. While details remain scarce, this approach could help mitigate the impact of the delay and ensure that devices featuring Panther Lake CPUs are ready when the chips become available.The reported delay could have significant implications for Intels market positioning, especially as competition in the laptop processor space intensifies. While Panther Lake is still expected to play a crucial role in Intels roadmap, the industry will be watching closely to see whether the company can overcome its manufacturing challenges and deliver these chips on schedule.Editors Recommendations

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2025-03-17T08:30:01Z Read in app Fauxels/Pexels This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Gen Z workers aren't paying attention to traditional job advice.They're more willing to pursue their career goals through job-hopping, says a career coach.Here's how two Gen Z workers navigated the job-hopping process.It's no secret that Gen Z has some untraditional views on work.They're not afraid of breaking workplace taboos such as job-hopping, and they're willing to prioritize their well-being and happiness over higher pay. Some Gen Z workers are taking this mindset to the next step by quitting their jobs in a matter of months breaking the classic recommendation of staying at a job for a year or longer.Dennis Xiao is one of those people. After graduating college in 2021, Xiao started working at an investment bank but soon realized he didn't feel fulfilled by the job. Six months in, Xiao decided to quit. Since then, Xiao has worked a strategic finance role at WeWork, taken a career break to travel, and been self-employed as a content creator and coach.Joey H., who declined to provide his last name for privacy reasons, had a similar experience. He got a job as a software developer at a small startup in October 2021 but left after eight months because he didn't feel like the company offered strong career development opportunities."I wanted to find an environment where I could have more support, maybe at a larger company," Joey said. He's since found another software developer role.Career coach Marnie Lemonik has seen this new attitude toward work play out among her clients. "The biggest trend that I've noticed with Gen Z is they have more inherent confidence in themselves in the work world," Lemonik said. "Millennials tend to be a little bit more guilt-ridden about that process, and they're more concerned with leaving a job after only a year and the optics of it."Job-hopping isn't an easy task, especially early on in your career. Here's what can make the transition smoother.Prepare early and build an emergency fundWhile Gen Zers tend to be more confident in their abilities to land a new job, the process isn't always seamless especially if you're leaving without another job lined up."There is this desire to think, 'Once I start job searching, I'll find a job in a month,' or, 'I have a really good network, so maybe I'll find a job within two months.' The very rough average I've seen across a lot of different levels of my clients is three to six months," Lemonik said. "That's a longer period of time than what a lot of people budget for."For that reason, it's important to make sure you have an adequate emergency fund to act as a buffer between jobs.It took two months for Joey to find another job after quitting his first one, but he had begun preparing for interviews many months before leaving. Planning a few months ahead, getting a head start on interviewing, and putting more money into savings leading up to your departure can make the job-hopping process easier.Consider decreasing your 401(k) contributionsIt's not a bad idea to decrease the amount of money you're contributing to your company's retirement plans if you plan to leave your current job soon.That's what Xiao did when he started planning to leave his second job. "I was like, 'I'm just going to start redirecting money away from my 401(k) to pure savings to prepare for this chapter of not having income,'" he said.Once the money is in your 401(k), it's locked up for the long term you can't withdraw it before age 59 without a 10% penalty and income taxes. Lowering your contributions will give you more immediate cash flow. This can be especially advantageous if you're early on in your career and earning an entry-level salary. If that's the case, prioritize your immediate financial needs by diverting cash to a savings account instead of maxing out retirement funds.Decreasing your 401(k) contributions can sound risky if you're concerned about hitting your retirement goals, but many people job-hop with the goal of increasing their pay and benefits. Joey's first employer didn't offer a 401(k) match, so he gained a better benefits package by switching jobs.Get a 'bridge job'A bridge job is a position that serves as a stepping stone between your current job and your dream job. Beyond providing you with income while you search for a job, a bridge job can help build up the professional skills needed for you to get closer to the career you want.This was Xiao's mindset when he started his second role at WeWork. "I took the role fully knowing it was my day job," Xiao said. "I lived a part-time creator life doing YouTube and writing on the side."Many of Lemonik's clients who leave jobs due to burnout want the next job to be a perfect fit, but that's not always possible."Sometimes it just takes longer to get that type of job, or sometimes you simply don't have the skills to go from your current job to your dream job and you have to find something in the middle," Lemonik said.She encourages her clients to think about jobs that could build up their rsums for the job they want. "If you want to become a lawyer and you're working in tech sales, can you go work at a law firm while you study for the LSAT?" Lemonik said. "That gets you closer to that realm even though you can't be a lawyer tomorrow."

2025-03-17T08:15:01Z Read in app Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? More people are starting to use ChatGPT for free therapy.Therapists say it can make people lonelier and dependent on seeking reassurance.They recommend using it for specific tasks, like journal prompts.I'm not shy about admitting I've confided in a robot.Just last week, I spent a solid hour in an animated back-and-forth with ChatGPT, seeking advice for a personal problem that I've been agonizing over for weeks. I didn't want to bore my husband and friends with it again.I'm far from the only one who does this. Reddit users say they love using the AI platform for life coaching and unpacking other people's narcissistic behaviors; TikTokers share tips like "voice journaling" into ChatGPT or changing the settings so ChatGPT responds back in audio, mimicking a therapist.Rachel Goldberg, a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles, said she wasn't surprised to learn that some people use ChatGPT for therapeutic purposes. She even put me in touch with one of her clients, who recently disclosed that she uses the platform daily in addition to their in-person sessions.The client, who we'll call Emily (she asked to remain anonymous because she is Goldberg's client), said she uses ChatGPT to "brain dump" her thoughts when she feels stressed. Sometimes, she doesn't want to text Goldberg ahead of a session or "burden" her friends; she just needs to process something quickly. Within seconds, she gets "the most amazing life advice," she said."It's kind of a little compass helping me go throughout my day," Emily, 28, told BI.ChatGPT is a tempting alternative (or accessory) to therapy. It's free, available anytime, and offers customized, in-depth advice. The downsides like OpenAI training on personal data or the environmental damage caused by frequent AI use are easy to ignore in the heat of a crisis when ChatGPT responds with tranquil eloquence.While some therapists say it's OK, they encourage hard boundaries around using ChatGPT: its boundless accessibility can reinforce reassurance-seeking behaviors and exacerbate loneliness. It can make a person more anxious and atomized the opposite of what good therapy aims to do.It felt nice to read ChatGPT's polite affirmations that my issue "sounds really tough." However, it just didn't feel the same as chatting with a friend who might crack a joke or share how they got through a similar experience.Free 'therapy in your pocket'Emily, who has been going to therapy for about eight or nine years, doesn't believe ChatGPT is better than traditional therapy or a substitute for her friends.It is, however, convenient. When her car was stolen twice, or she felt overwhelmed by big life transitions, she'd write into ChatGPT. She found it most helpful when it identified her feelings when she was too in it to realize them herself."If I tell it things where I don't sound very confident or I'm doing something for someone else, it catches that, and it'll be like, 'this person is responsible for their own emotions,'" Emily said. "It's literally therapy in your pocket at any time."While Goldberg said it's good that ChatGPT "does a pretty good job of validating" someone's feelings and can help them become more self-reflective, the danger lies in being overly dependent on a second opinion. There are still moments when one has to make a split-second decision on their own, like speaking up in a meeting or leaving a rude date.Ciara Bogdanovic, a therapist specializing in dialectical behavioral therapy, told BI her worry is that ChatGPT can't spot broader patterns in a client, like the need for frequent validation. For people with OCD, ChatGPT can heighten reassurance-seeking behaviors, which a competent therapist would work on, encouraging the client to expose themselves to some discomfort.AI is "just going to reassure, which is reinforcing the behavior which might be damaging," Bogdanovic said.When customizing goes too farThe biggest problem I found with ChatGPT therapy is that it can be customized to answer in ways you find preferable. If I asked ChatGPT to analyze a conversation at face value, it told me I was coming off a touch harsh. Then I followed Reddit's advice of asking ChatGPT to spot signs of manipulation in the other person's texts. It broke down all the ways they were defensive and emotionally immature.Without that note, readings might look different, potentially even sympathetic to the love-bomber or gaslighter.Therapists and friends aren't perfectly objective, either. It's just that ChatGPT's answers can be continually tweaked to your liking, down to the tone of voice.Unlike a therapist, Goldberg said that ChatGPT won't pick up on a user labeling everyone in their life as toxic and gently start to push back. It will simply tell them what they want to hear ultimately, to their detriment."As a therapist, I'm constantly assessing: what's the client's diagnosis, what is their history, what is their family context?" Bogdanovic said. How she responds to one client may be completely different to another client, even if they raise what seems like exactly the same concern. ChatGPT, meanwhile, is "just going to spit out an answer," she said.Losing the human touchAs empathetic as ChatGPT sounds, it has limitations for the kinds of problems it can solve.Angela Betancourt, a 42-year-old business owner, no longer goes to therapy. While she said ChatGPT can't compete with it, she uses it for quick pep talks or offering a different perspective on approaching a problem.Betancourt also loves using ChatGPT for gratitude journal prompts. Recently, she used it to reflect on the joyful moments of a trip she took with her family. However, she said she wouldn't use ChatGPT to deal with heavier emotions like grief. She lost her father-in-law last year and her father a few years before that. She believes only real people can provide adequate comfort and advice in a crisis.Unlike a psychologist or best friend, ChatGPT is also not beholden to confidentiality data inputted may potentially be used to identify users in the future, though it hasn't happened yet.Emily tries not to include too much super-personal data. Sometimes, though, she'll describe a "really intense situation" involving other people. "If that ever got out, it could ruin relationships," she said. "I'm just hoping it's completely private."If you're going to spill to ChatGPT, create boundariesBoth Bogdanovic and Goldberg predict that more people will start using ChatGPT for therapy, at least in the near future. They also hope they'll exercise some boundaries around it.Bogdanovic recommends using it only for "pointed questions," like how to respond to your boss's message or breathing techniques to calm down.In my experience, even the best AI -powered advice can fall short. By the time my husband came home that day, ChatGPT still hadn't given me an answer that felt right it provided too many potential courses of action. I spiraled, wondering if I was giving ChatGPT a fair amount of context without completely compromising my privacy.So I asked him instead: knowing all about this recurring issue, what would he do if he were me right now? He paused and closed his eyes, pensiveness in his voice. Then he gave me his advice.I texted the person back in the way he suggested. I have no idea if it was the best answer or the rightest of resolutions. All I know is that I felt better when I put my phone down to hug him.

Revitalizing Territories in Colombia: Comprehensive Acupunctures for Urban and Social TransformationSave this picture!Villas de San Pablo. Mariposa Square. Image Wilber Lareus/OnepixelWhat urban and social transformations do our cities require today? How can urban planning and design contribute to improving the experience of their inhabitants in urban spaces? As Andreea Cutieru explains, urban acupuncture refers to the improvement of social and urban issues through precise interventions capable of revitalizing specific areas of cities and consolidating urban planning strategies. The +VIDA program represents a comprehensive strategy for urban and social transformation in territories, strategically focused on vulnerable populations in the Colombian Caribbean. It encourages the collective construction of cities through the exchange of knowledge, intelligence, and expertise, with the aim of transforming the habitat in an integrated manner.Following the line of thought of urban planner and politician Jaime Lerner, effective urban acupuncture is consolidated around any intervention with a positive impact on the city, involving anything from new facilities, restored existing buildings, and unique urban projects to complex decision-making or new customs. In the pursuit of achieving balance in cities, the practice of acupuncture is based on equity, coexistence and social cohesion, sustainable development, livability, culture, urban education, and the conservation and rehabilitation of historical and popular heritage, among other aspects.Save this picture!In partnership with Fundacin Pintuco and the Government of Bolvar in the Palenque territory, the +VIDA program, developed by Fundacin Santo Domingo, was established with the objective of contributing to the socio-economic reactivation and revitalization of territories both during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. In some cases co-designed with various partners such as United Way Colombia, URBAN95, and local communities, its goal is to benefit and engage residents through an integrated system of urban acupuncture interventions that foster community appropriation of public spaces, post-pandemic socio-economic recovery, and the strengthening of social ties. Related Article Urban Acupuncture: Regenerating Public Space Through Hyper-Local Interventions Save this picture!Through collaborative practices focused on the most vulnerable populations of the Colombian Caribbean, these acupuncture interventions were implemented across four territories from 2021 to 2024: the city of Barranquilla (Megabarrio Villas de San Pablo), Cartagena (Megabarrio Ciudad del Bicentenario), Santa Ana (Isla de Bar), and San Basilio de Palenque (Department of Bolvar). This methodology for comprehensive habitat transformation was developed in collaboration with vulnerable populations, considering the six principles and strategies of +VIDA acupuncture, which involve various societal actors: reinterpreting and revitalizing public spaces, fostering collective construction, promoting cultural identity through art and color, protecting and enhancing the environment, achieving economic reactivation, and designing cities for children. Among the various collaborators and promoters, the authorship of the +VIDA program is attributed to Taller Arquiurbano (John Octavio Ortiz, Sandra Escobar), Fundacin Santo Domingo (Juan Cspedes, Teresa Margarita Londoo, Victoria Yances, David Rojas), Fundacin Pintuco (Miguel Ayala, Claudia ngel), and Corporacin Tierra S.O.S (Alejandra Gallego, Stefana Osorno, Brandon Amaya).Below, discover the territories transformed within the framework of the +VIDA program.Dialoguing with the Environment in Public Space Revitalization: Santa Ana, Isla de Bar Save this picture!The development of acupuncture interventions in harmony with natural systems can enhance the places where they are implemented, following principles of sustainability, minimal impact, and low resource consumption. This approach emphasizes recognizing waterfront areas as gathering points and maximizing the use of recycled and post-consumer materials. The Master Plan for Santa Ana, Isla de Bar, has involved interventions along Calle del Pescador, including community urban furniture, a floating garden bench made of post-consumer plastic wood, and a wave-shaped canopy with fabrics that provides multicolored shade and revitalizes the street connecting the town center with the pier. Beyond this revitalized public space, faades have been transformed through urban art, and plans for its second phase include improving the children's park, implementing safe crossings, and developing the Baha Barbacoas pier.Save this picture!Transforming Urban Spaces into Urban Living Rooms: Cartagena, BolvarSave this picture!The Master Plan for the Megabarrio Ciudad del Bicentenario in Cartagena has consolidated the humanization of the vehicular roundabout and introduced Cubos Ldicos as multi-programmatic urban furniture for revitalization. These modular, replicable, and adaptable structures serve as hammocks, swings, urban lounges, bleachers, or small theaters, connecting public spaces and creating an integrated physical and social fabric that redefines community gathering areas. Additionally, the plan has revitalized the Parque de Bolsillo Comunitario, established a garden bus stop, introduced safe crossings, and developed recreational parks and safer school environments.Save this picture!Urban Art, Culture, and Identity for Collective Memory: San Basilio de PalenqueSave this picture!The Master Plan for San Basilio de Palenque encompasses the comprehensive improvement of various areas, including plazas, parks, and other spaces. Urban art plays a key role in redefining collective memory. In fact, through relational art processes involving the community, local memory is strengthened, leaving new stories in places that once had blank walls. Volunteer initiatives for improving and transforming faades foster unity and teamwork by reshaping the environment through color and reinforcing cultural identity. The improvement work with art and color in Cancha Pambel, a central sports venue, reflects a collaborative effort with residents to create a vital community space. Meanwhile, the Marmbula Pergola, inspired by the area's culture, identity, and music, consists of open thematic pavilions where ancestral medicine, handicrafts, music, gastronomy, and collective memory are enjoyed.Save this picture!Designing Safe Environments for the Community: Barranquilla, AtlnticoSave this picture!The Master Plan for Megabarrio Villas de San Pablo is structured in three phases, focusing on safe pedestrian crossings, faade transformations, urban furniture, and more. The plan designs high-quality spaces for children, parents, and caregivers, connecting homes with the early childhood center, school, and public spaces. Additionally, mobility corridors are humanized through tactical pilot projects and placemaking strategies, promoting safe school environments for early childhood. The tactical pilot projects for traffic calming at the Paso Seguro del Agua and the Paso Seguro de la Mariposa consolidate acupuncture strategies that humanize vehicle crossings and revitalize the streets. Future plans include the development of an urban garden.Save this picture!By incorporating methodologies of social participation, urban art initiatives, inclusion strategies, environmental care, and more, +VIDA offers an opportunity to transform built environments while addressing the current and future needs of the population. Through the exchange of knowledge and expertise, the program seeks to educate citizens as part of a strategy for social innovation and sustainable habitat development, emphasizing pedagogy, civic culture, shared responsibility, and community self-management. Notably, in 2024, the program received various recognitions, including an honorable mention at the XXIX Colombian Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism in the Urban Design and Landscaping category. Additionally, it was a finalist in the XXIV Pan-American Biennial of Architecture of Quito (BAQ 2024) in the global Habitat Award, Neighborhood or District Intervention category.Save this picture!Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorAgustina IiguezAuthorCite: Iiguez, Agustina. "Revitalizing Territories in Colombia: Comprehensive Acupunctures for Urban and Social Transformation" [Revitalizando territorios en Colombia: acupunturas integrales para la transformacin urbana y social] 17 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. (Trans. Pieiro, Antonia ) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028001/revitalizing-territories-in-colombia-comprehensive-acupunctures-for-urban-and-social-transformation&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Rural House in Soutelos, Ruives / Figuereido+Pena Arquitectos + Nuno Flores ArquiteturaSave this picture! Frederico MartinhoAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:909 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2021 PhotographsPhotographs:Frederico Martinho Lead Architect: Tiago Figueiredo More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. The operation focuses on a rural building for agricultural use of pasture land and irrigated arable cropping.The existing buildings, in granite stone masonry, were vacant and in an advanced state of disrepair. They comprised a two-storey house, an oven integrated into a single-story building, two granaries and a threshing floor. The proposal intends to restore and extend the existing buildings, transforming them into an enterprise for tourism in rural areas.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The house (A) is fully restored, taking advantage of the existing structure, installing the main program - the core of rooms - suitable both for the size of the existing spaces, as well as for the distribution made through the gallery around the patio. The restoration included the reinforcement of the granite masonry, the introduction of structural wooden slabs, plasterboard walls inside, thermal insulation and wooden exterior window frames and the reconstitution of a roof with a new wooden structure and marseille tile.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!In order to accommodate the complementary programs, it was proposed to extend the house to the west, following the implantation suggested by the ruins of existing additions. Thus, a first extension volume (B) is proposed, which extends the existing house with the same height and constructive characteristics, and which forms the hinge for a lower and expanded volume (C), positioned at the level of the threshing floor, in direct relationship with the landscape, housing the collective programs and the cuisine of the tourist unit. This construction was installed in the direction of the contours of the natural terrain and, in terms of its architectural language, performs a contemporary interpretation of the materiality of the pre-existing construction. The new volume was built with exposed concrete exterior walls, a marseille tile roof, and wooden exterior window frames.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officePublished on March 17, 2025Cite: "Rural House in Soutelos, Ruives / Figuereido+Pena Arquitectos + Nuno Flores Arquitetura" [Casa Rural em Soutelos, Ruives / figueiredo+pena arquitetos + Nuno Flores Arquitetura] 17 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1027889/rural-house-in-soutelos-ruivaes-figuereido-plus-pena-arquitectos-plus-nuno-flores-arquitetura&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Project Files: https://www.patreon.com/posts/124405519 .This is the 15th part of the tutorial series, where we are going to implement a Real Time Strategy game using Unreal Engine and C++. Today we are going to start implementing the HUD of our RTS game. Here we will reference age of empires. We will implement the base layout of the HUD and implement resource counters (wood, food, stone, gold, population). Also we will add a Data table that defines icons, names and other details of each resource type as well. All the structures and enumerations required will be implemented in C++. Full C++ RTS Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTm9yU0zou5_PYxEdjNbAgbVRn-daOga .Unreal Strategy game with Blueprints series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTm9yU0zou4Eulmi8YIfzHiNZEzfbSMk // ! https://www.patreon.com/codelikeme Patrons will have access to project files of all the stuff I do in the channel and other extra benefitsJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClb6Jh9EBV7a_Nm52Ipll_Q/join Like my facebook page for more content : https://www.facebook.com/gamedevelopersclub/ Follow me on twitter : https://twitter.com/CodeLikeMe2 Follow me on reddit : https://www.reddit.com/user/codelikeme #CodeLikeMe #unrealengine #ue5 #ue4 #indiegamedev

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